The notion that once an action is taken by an agent, it lives a life of its own that combines with different environmental conditions and the final result is beyond the agent's predictive abilities, is what concept?

a. Morin’s Ecology of Action c. Roboethics
b. Gaia Theory d. Heterogenesis of Ends


ANS: A
Morin's Ecology of Action supposes that once taken, actions will produce consequences that are unpredictable beyond a certain point.

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